Those who work regularly in marine-related settings know the importance of having a few different tried and true tape types available for when unexpected situations arise.

If you’ve seen the recent new marine products mailer from Chemical Concepts, a few different tape choices might have caught your eye. Let’s check a few of them out.

Pacer E-Z Fuse Black Silicone Tape

Pacer Technology’s E-Z Fuse Tape is a self-fusing, insulating tape material that forms a permanent, waterproof, UV-resistant, airtight seal when cured. Users love that the easy-to-use, flexible material stretches around uneven shapes and forms. It adheres to itself and leaves no sticky residue when removed.

This tape can be used for many applications, including:

•   automotive,
•   marine,
•   electrical,
•   plumbing,
•   sealing,
•   insulating and
•   general purpose applications.

Just a few specific uses might include: water hose and pipe repair, weatherproofing electrical connections, fittings & hose seals, bundling wires, boat rigging, sport & tool handles, plumbing repairs, rope ends, bicycle & wheelchair handle wraps, emergency radiator hose repair and emergency o-rings and seals. When used as an emergency o-ring or seal, it is a great temporary fix, but please keep in mind it is not a permanent solution.

Chem-Set VST6120 High Bond Tape

Chem-Set VST 6120 is an industrial strength tape that provides excellent long-term holding power and is perfectly suited for both interior and exterior applications. VST6120 is known for its superior high bond strength and can replace mechanical fasteners like rivets, screws, spot welds and liquid adhesives on a variety of substrates. Its maximum bond can be achieved in 72 hours.

Potential Applications and Substrates:

Chem-Set VST6120 offers a very high bond to low surface energy substrates including:

• plastic,
• acrylic,
• glass,
• PVC,
• powder coated materials, and
• metal.

What You Can Expect from Its Performance:

• High Tensile Strength,
• Very High Bond Adhesion,
• Moisture and solvent resistant with outstanding weathering properties,
• Shock, vibration and noise damping properties,
• Easier to apply than liquid adhesives: reduces production time and costs,
• Creates a permanent seal across entire surface, and
• Exceptional dynamic shear properties in hot and cold temperatures.

Chem-Set VST 6120 is available in a variety of colors, lengths and widths. If you’re looking for the perfect option for boat enclosures, we encourage you to check out the Chem-Set VST 6100.

Tesa Precision Mask 4334 Tape

The Tesa Precision Mask 4334 reliably guarantees razor-sharp paint edges, and is extremely easy to use at the same time – thanks to the ideal combination of the special, supple backing and the perfectly balanced acrylic adhesive compound. This helps the tape to stick extremely flush to the surface and prevent paint tears. The combination of professional painting tape and your skilled expertise will result in paintwork to please your customers. In addition, the high quality of the painting tape will save you expensive touch-up work.

Tesa Precision Mask 4334 is also recommended for masking applications during spray painting with afterwards oven drying up to 120°C/ 30min. Due to the thin and low elongating backing it is perfectly suited for two-tone applications, e.g. straight and long lines.

Additional tape choices and many other products are available in our new marine products brochure. You can view it online here.

How can we help you be prepared for all of your marine needs? Are there questions that we can answer for you about products available at Chemical Concepts? Just give us a call (toll-free) at 800-220-1966. We’ll be happy to help you out!